This journal is part of the European Series in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (ESAIM). ESAIM: COCV is an international journal that publishes selected papers in the areas of Control, Optimization and Calculus of Variations. The subjects covered by the journal are theory and methodology, as well as empirical and computational studies and applications to other fields of mathematics and science. The journal publishes mainly research papers, but high quality surveys are also welcome. The areas of the journal include the following mathematical topics both in what concerns finite and infinite-dimensional systems: In control theory: modeling, optimal control, controllability, stabilization, control law design, robustness analysis, numerical and computational methods for control, among others for stochastic or deterministic, continuous or discrete control systems. In optimization theory and the calculus of variations: linear, quadratic, nonlinear programming, large scale systems, stochastic or combinatorial optimization, numerical algorithms, variational methods, homogenization, asymptotic variational problems, regularity of minimizers and critical points. Among the wide range of applications covered by the Journal, the following are worth mentioning: geometry, topology, partial differential equations, mathematical physics inverse problems, fluid mechanics, homogenization and composite materials, inverse problems, operations research, management, financial mathematics, image processing, optimal design, noise and pollution reduction.